They said "giving customers approximately five thousand Facebook page views per month" they did not say equivalent to or approximating or similar to or anything else!

it says "m.facebook.com"

m.facebook.com is not free. 0.facebook.com is free.

so yes, they probably do talk to each other. they know the difference between m.facebook and 0.facebook

Still stupid though. Anyone would think they deliberately set out to confuse people. They should have used a site that doesn't have free access.

yes, like m.facebook.com for example.

To clarify - 0.facebook.com and m.facebook.com are two entirely different sites. 0.facebook.com is a very basic, lightweight text only version of the Facebook site. m.facebook.com is the fully featured Facebook mobile site. Data is zero rated on 0.facebook.com only.

They said "giving customers approximately five thousand Facebook page views per month" they did not say equivalent to or approximating or similar to or anything else!

it says "m.facebook.com"

m.facebook.com is not free. 0.facebook.com is free.

so yes, they probably do talk to each other. they know the difference between m.facebook and 0.facebook

Still stupid though. Anyone would think they deliberately set out to confuse people. They should have used a site that doesn't have free access.

yes, like m.facebook.com for example.

Yeah Right. Just keep saying it and you'll convince yourself you are right.

The message didn't say m.facebook or even 0.facebook, it just said "facebook page views". People don't read footnotes, they're not meant to. It is an attempt to protect the company from legal action when people are mislead. Every so often companies get slapped with a wet bus ticket for saying things like this but usually they get away with it.

freitasm: Just received from Telecom New Zealand:Also, from 1 August for as little as $6, lower-level data users can now get a 50MB Data Extra, giving customers approximately five thousand Facebook page views per month*.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

Yep it is.... , Guess it will be reverse double flattery when you launch your 3g Network on Tuesday

1/ yes we did mean 2500 texts 2/ yes 0.facebook.com is zero rated and some smart phones do go through our proxy so this is available to them 3/ If you want to port from Vodafone to Telecom, we have a deal on at the moment which details are here: http://store.telecom.co.nz/mobile/special-offers/500-credit

They said "giving customers approximately five thousand Facebook page views per month" they did not say equivalent to or approximating or similar to or anything else!

it says "m.facebook.com"

m.facebook.com is not free. 0.facebook.com is free.

so yes, they probably do talk to each other. they know the difference between m.facebook and 0.facebook

Still stupid though. Anyone would think they deliberately set out to confuse people. They should have used a site that doesn't have free access.

yes, like m.facebook.com for example.

Yeah Right. Just keep saying it and you'll convince yourself you are right.

The message didn't say m.facebook or even 0.facebook, it just said "facebook page views". People don't read footnotes, they're not meant to. It is an attempt to protect the company from legal action when people are mislead. Every so often companies get slapped with a wet bus ticket for saying things like this but usually they get away with it.

The offer is 50MB of data, not 5000 Facebook page views, so it's quite clear this is just a guideline and not any kind of guarantee or product. It gives a generally accurate idea of what '50MB' means to someone who may not know, and allows them to compare.

If you actually look at the media release it reads 'The data quantity example is an estimate only based on billed activity for internet use browsing m.facebook.com on a mobile phone. Actual data amounts transferred will vary.'

scooby101: The offer is 50MB of data, not 5000 Facebook page views, so it's quite clear this is just a guideline and not any kind of guarantee or product. It gives a generally accurate idea of what '50MB' means to someone who may not know, and allows them to compare.

If you actually look at the media release it reads 'The data quantity example is an estimate only based on billed activity for internet use browsing m.facebook.com on a mobile phone. Actual data amounts transferred will vary.'

I don't think you can get much clearer than that!

LOL - Don't get me started on the stupidity of a charging model where you charge based on something that your customer's dont understand and have no easy way of measuring. :)

Ask any person how much data is transferred for a given activity and very few will have any real idea. Just think how many customer calls / complaints this leads to.

Don't believe it's flawed, it's trying to give clarity to all those that have no real concept or interest in megabits and megabytes

Most folk have little idea of how much data is in a tweet or FB update... but they may know approximately how many times they access the pages or receive updates.

It's all transitional hype anyway, right now it's the Telcos who can analyse data usage and try and predetermine plans that best encompass the way people use the devices (I doubt options like 1000 txts, or similar, a month were a stab in dark...)

In time people won't be focused on data caps sizes as they'll simply be sufficient for their needs. Their real concern will be on getting the right device that meets their personal social/business networking needs.